Original post by aimsw27
Does anyone know whether the NHS training grant impacts UC claims? Very mixed information online.
This is taken from the RCN website and implies that the NHS LSF training grant is disregarded for UC:
Student Maintenance Loans
If you are eligible for a student maintenance loan it counts as income. The maximum loan you could be entitled to is taken into account, even if you decide not to take out the loan or if it is reduced because of household income.
A dependent’s grant paid as well as your loan for someone included in your Universal Credit claim counts as income, but other grants such as Parent Learners allowance should be disregarded.
Due to the length of the course, most student loans for Nursing students are paid a long course loan for the full 52 weeks of the year (the calculation is different for final year students) If you get the long course loan, your student loan income will be divided by 12 and then a £110 disregard will be applied to the total. If you are a final year student, then the calculation will be until your course end date.
See the case study below for a worked example.
NHS Learning Support Fund – available to NHS funded students studying in England
£5000 Training Grant: As this is not paid for a dependant, this should be disregarded
£2000 Parental Support (formerly child dependants’ allowance): This should be disregarded. (The DWP often include Parental Support Grant as income, but it has been decided at DWP Tribunal that this should also be disregarded, as it is not paid specifically for a dependant.)
Exceptional Support Fund: this is a hardship payment and should be treated as capital, not income.
Source:
https://www.rcn.org.uk/Get-Help/Member-support-services/Welfare-Service/Understanding-benefits/Students-and-benefits/Universal-Credit
Quick Reply
Related discussions
- which BSc physio programs accept credit transfer from overseas physio program?
- Second degree funding for speech and language therapy
- Childcare grant plus working parents’ free childcare
- Student finance/ nhs bursary
- Calculating Maintenance Loan entitlement
- NHS LSF for Speech and Language degree ~ am I eligible as already have a first degree
- Student finance/ £5000 grant Nurse
- Nhs lsf 2024
- NHS Bursary and tuition fees
- Student loans wales
- Occupational Therapy at Coventry or Glasgow Caledonian Uni
- NHS learning support fund querey
- Comparing funding for healthcare courses in England, Scotland and Wales
- NHS Bursary Eligible University Suggestions! Help!
- Second degree funding
- Masters in occupational therapy
- Pre reg Msc Physiotherapy University of Liverpool Wales finance
- Do student nurses get paid for placements?
- Physiotherapy £5000 nhs bursary
- Dietetics as a Second Degree
Latest
Trending
Last reply 1 week ago
How do Universal Credit and Student Loan work together?Last reply 2 weeks ago
Recently Married - Why is my wife's finance taken into consideration when she is notLast reply 3 weeks ago
will i be able to appeal for fee status or change it for next year for UCL?Last reply 3 weeks ago
Applying for SF and it said i could get up to £12000 maintenance loanLast reply 3 weeks ago
Interest-free alternatives? (Muslim Uni Applicants)Last reply 1 month ago
The Balck Heart Foundation Scholarship Cohort 1 2025